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“What are they all doing here?” said Priscilla.

The worker bee had left the hive early to check on the sunflowers when she stumbled into a mob scene.

“These bumbling butterflies are taking all the nectar. This will not do,” remarked the bee.

Soon, other worker bees arrived. After a short discussion, the bees determined that the sunflower field was worthless.

“Next year we’ll set watchers, and when these bafoons show up, we’ll run them out,” said another bee.

The team scouted the countryside and found farmer Fitzgibbon’s alfalfa hayfield.

“This time we got lucky, but what happens when the butterflies take it all?” Priscilla asked.

Later, the scouts informed the Queen. She discussed the matter with her advisors and chose to move the colony farther up into the hills.

“We must not place our needs above the creatures with whom we share the earth. To do so makes us no better than the two-legged ones who steal our honey,” proclaimed the monarch.

The next morning, the hive picked up and moved to the foothills.

“I will miss the meadows, at least here we will not fear starvation when the long winter comes,” said Priscilla.

Nature demonstrates that even the smallest can teach us important lessons—the importance of living as one on planet Earth.

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